Remembering Nate, Jeff Kramer's "contributing canine"

"Nate was more than just a dog to us," said Post-Standard Humor Columnist Jeff Kramer. "He was a calm, comic presence in our lives for nearly a decade. He loved everyone except the UPS guy. Any UPS guy. Maybe he didn't like the color brown."

Nate, Kramer's sidekick and occasional fill-in columnist, was euthanized Jan. 31 after a brief struggle with an inoperable pelvic bone lesion. The family had adopted the former stray from an animal shelter in October 1999.